Overcoming Obstacles: Leila Vaziri & the Nine Female Olympians from Iran
Iranhumanrights.org - What does it take for a woman to overcome the challenges and make it to the Olympics? Watch…
Month: August 2016
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Targets 450 Social Media Users
VOA —The cyber-arm of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard says it has summoned, detained and warned some 450 administrators of social…
What’s behind the Turkey-Iran tango?
Al-monitor - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's surprise Aug. 12 visit to Turkey may always be remembered in Ankara,…
Elderly Pro-Democracy Activist Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
Iranhumanrights.org - The four-year prison sentence handed down to imprisoned author and peaceful political activist Kourosh Zaim has no legal…
Nasrin Sotoudeh: “Hardliners are trying to open a new case against me”
Iranhumanrights.org - Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent human rights lawyer and former political prisoner, has been summoned to appear at Branch…
Prominent Labor Activist’s Wife Awaits Verdict for Alleged Facebook Post
Iranhumanrights.org - Najibeh Salehzadeh was never shown the "evidence" Najibeh Salehzadeh, who says she was falsely charged for posting "insulting"…
How Parasitic Finance Capital Has Turned Iran’s Economy into a Case of Casino Capitalism
PayvandNews - Critics have often blamed President Rouhani of Iran for blindly following the neoclassical-neoliberal model of capitalism. The critical…
Iran Green Movement leaders under house arrest; more than 2000 days
payvand - It has now been established that Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) Supreme Leader has absolute jurisdiction over the release…
Iran Launches its First Private Cloud Data Center
techrasa - Iran's first private cloud data center gets launched in Tehran during a ceremony attended by the Minister of Communication…
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Says Russia Continues To Use Iranian Base
RFL/RE - Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani says Russian warplanes are still using an Iranian military base to strike targets…